I Have a Suggestion for Similar Worlds

A thought about blocking. Why, when X blocks Y, does it automatically follow not only that Y is invisible to X, but also that X is invisible to Y (ie, in effect, Y has blocked X, through no choice of his own)?

X achieves his (or her) objective in blocking Y when he can no longer see anything Y writes, and when Y has no means of contacting him. But would there be any harm in Y still being able to read what X posts?

I found myself thinking about this yesterday when I discovered I had been blocked by someone I had previously regarded as a friendly acquaintance. Of course that’s his prerogative. But I was reading a lengthy exchange involving two long-standing friends of mine when I realised that something was missing. A post from a fourth member mentioned the author of the missing comments by name, and so I was able to discover that he had blocked me. But my enjoyment of the whole conversation was impaired by the fact that I was unable to read parts of it, through no choice of the other participants. I’m not sure what this achieved, unless it was to punish me for some (unknown) misdemeanour!

I would be interested to know what other people think.

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SW-User

🤔 I get your point but I suppose it depends on why X blocked Y. If X blocked Y because whenever X comments on a post suddenly Y is there creating an argument. Then it makes sense that Y can't see what X is posting as that is the point of the block.

Therefore it follows that maybe SW should consider two types of block.

Block 1 (Current solution) I want to not see Y and don't want Y seeing my posts either.
Block 2 - I only don't want to see what Y is posting by Y can see my posts.

Although isn't Block 2 what Mute does? Although I think mute only stops them appearing in your feed - i.e you don't see their posts or questions but I'm assuming you can go see them if you look for them

MartinII · 70-79, M

@SW-User Yes, your two variants would certainly help to meet my point. I checked Mute and it doesn’t go as far as your Block 2. Indeed while researching this I discovered that there is one member whose posts I see quite frequently whom I “muted” many months ago - for reasons I have forgotten!

SW-User

@MartinII Does it ignore the personal mute if you are in the group? I don't know how that works but as I say I think all it stops is their posts appearing in your main feed.

I mute often - I have personal gripe against some of the fetish folk on here but I just don't want to read it so if I see too much from them that I don't like I just mute them.